Facebook feud erupts between state senator, Springfield business owner

9:46 PM,
Oct. 13, 2013

Written by

Jonathan Shorman
JSHORMAN@NEWS-LEADER.COM

A Facebook discussion turned into a sprawling online feud over the weekend when a Missouri state senator and a former Springfield political candidate went at each other over a gun-rights bill that was defeated in the legislature last month.

In one comment on the Locke and Smith Legislative Review page, Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington, called Tom Martz, owner of Mozark Environmental who unsuccessfully ran for state representative in 2012, the "Biggest Blow Hard, Lowest Value Person" he has ever dealt with.

Earlier, Martz announced on the page the Lock and Smith Foundation's finalists for ...